Another Weekend Part Two...
I was told that there was a special coach taking us to the Sage...it was an ordinary bus...without my bus pass that would have cost me quite a lot of money...
The complimentary ticket was not valid and I had to pay to see the show. I didn't want to. But as I had promised him I would I paid up. That cost me £5.50.
So we had to fill in almost 5 hours and my companion decided he was hungry and thirsty.
He decided that the Baltic was the place to go. Yeah right! I took a look at the menu. The prices you can imagine. It was all "posh" tables and all fancy cutlery and glasses and prices to match. And a barman mixing cocktails when you come out of the lift.
He approached the person on reception and it sounded as though he had made a reservation(I smelled a rat)and no way was he on their list. They found a space though. I managed to talk him out of it and no way was I going to pay those prices(and I collared one of the staff and apologised, made excuses and explained the situation)If we'd had a meal it could have cost £50+ each. And I can guess who might have been paying. Of course its lovely not to watch the pennies and have a treat where you are waited on but I have good food at home and I don't eat large meals any more and my budget is no more than £2 daily and often less.
I managed to iron out a few problems over the day but if I am seen talking out of earshot he wants to know what I am saying and I have to make a quick excuse different to what was actually said.
So he still wanted to eat so we went down to ground level...where there was another eating place in the Baltic.
I found myself paying for a pot of tea(I wouldn't have bothered but you can't sit and not have anything)and he wanted a coke, I found myself paying for that because he'd had to buy a ticket for himself for the show and I think he was caught short. So that cost me approx £5. He wanted to eat and the cheapest sandwich was an egg and cress bloomer at £4.95. How I got out of that I don't know.
The complimentary ticket was not valid and I had to pay to see the show. I didn't want to. But as I had promised him I would I paid up. That cost me £5.50.
So we had to fill in almost 5 hours and my companion decided he was hungry and thirsty.
He decided that the Baltic was the place to go. Yeah right! I took a look at the menu. The prices you can imagine. It was all "posh" tables and all fancy cutlery and glasses and prices to match. And a barman mixing cocktails when you come out of the lift.
He approached the person on reception and it sounded as though he had made a reservation(I smelled a rat)and no way was he on their list. They found a space though. I managed to talk him out of it and no way was I going to pay those prices(and I collared one of the staff and apologised, made excuses and explained the situation)If we'd had a meal it could have cost £50+ each. And I can guess who might have been paying. Of course its lovely not to watch the pennies and have a treat where you are waited on but I have good food at home and I don't eat large meals any more and my budget is no more than £2 daily and often less.
I managed to iron out a few problems over the day but if I am seen talking out of earshot he wants to know what I am saying and I have to make a quick excuse different to what was actually said.
So he still wanted to eat so we went down to ground level...where there was another eating place in the Baltic.
I found myself paying for a pot of tea(I wouldn't have bothered but you can't sit and not have anything)and he wanted a coke, I found myself paying for that because he'd had to buy a ticket for himself for the show and I think he was caught short. So that cost me approx £5. He wanted to eat and the cheapest sandwich was an egg and cress bloomer at £4.95. How I got out of that I don't know.
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